saponáceo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sāpō (“soap”) +‎ -áceo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sapoˈnaθeo/ [sa.poˈna.θe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sapoˈnaseo/ [sa.poˈna.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθeo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: sa‧po‧ná‧ce‧o

Adjective

saponáceo (feminine saponácea, masculine plural saponáceos, feminine plural saponáceas)

1. (archaic) saponaceous

Further reading

• “saponáceo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025